Cellophane Bricks

In 1997, BGO released Cellophane/Mixed Bag, which contained two complete albums – Cellophane (1967, originally released on Page One) and Mixed Bag (1968, also originally released on Page One) – by the Troggs on one compact disc…

The origin of Chrystabell and David Lynch’s album Cellophane Memories comes from a vision that David experienced during a nighttime walk through a forest of tall trees, over the tops of which he saw a bright light. As he recalls it, the light became the lilt of Chrystabell’s voice and revealed a secret to him. It is from these mysterious convergences of light and sound, day and night, starry sky and black forest that Chrystabell and David’s collaboration has continued to blossom.

Depuis que sa mère a mis fin à ses jours, Elissa, quinze ans, a perdu le sens de sa vie, de son corps. Elle est en guerre. Contre son père, contre Iris qui a bien trop vite remplacé sa mère. Contre l'amour auquel elle ne croit plus. Comme enveloppée d'une couche de cellophane, à la maison, au lycée, elle s'isole du monde devenu flou. Heureusement, il y a Manon. Manon et ses cheveux verts, sa tendresse discrète…

Remembered chiefly as proto-punkers who reached the top of the charts with the "caveman rock" of "Wild Thing" (1966), the Troggs were also adept at crafting power pop and ballads. Hearkening back to a somewhat simpler, more basic British Invasion approach as psychedelia began to explode in the late '60s, the group also reached the Top Five with their flower-power ballad "Love Is All Around" in 1968. While more popular in their native England than the U.S., the band also fashioned memorable, insistently riffing hit singles like "With a Girl Like You," "Night of the Long Grass," and the notoriously salacious "I Can't Control Myself" between 1966 and 1968. Paced by Reg Presley's lusting vocals, the group - which composed most of their own material - could crunch with the best of them, but were also capable of quite a bit more range and melodic invention than they've been given credit for.